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Swap Till You Drop: Will Frank Protect Localities from Wall Street's Ticking Time Bombs?
As the fight for financial reform on Capitol Hill enters its final stages, it is worth reviewing what is being done to protect states and localities from the Wall Street con. On Thursday, the House-Senate conference committee on financial reform will take up the...
The Party of BP, And Proud Of It
Andrew Reinbach is right. Deservedly or not, the political gods continue to smile on the Democrats, gifting them with an opposition so predictable and caricaturized — from punishing the unemployed, to defending Wall Street — as to be right out of central...
Sorting Out China's Currency Move
Over the weekend China announced a change in its currency policy. But is it for real? Or is it designed to head off Congressional action? So far China has pulled away the football. Their Central Bank was buying up dollars as usual to keep the currency from rising....
Progressive Breakfast: This Loophole Isn't Big Enough
Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to affect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. Showdown Over Auto Dealer Loophole...
Progressive Breakfast - 6/22/2010
Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to affect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. Showdown Over Auto Dealer Loophole...
Demand 114 Apologies For 'Shakedown' Smear
By Tuesday, it will have been five days since Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, got rapped on the knuckles by the House Republican leadership for the sin of repeating a Republican talking point at an inopportune time. That talking point, you'll recall, is that BP is the...
Robert Samuelson On Energy: "Intellectually Shallow"
In today's W. Post column from Robert Samuelson, at one point he writes, "This is intellectually shallow." If he was referring to his own work, he'd be right. But he was trying to attack the President as dishonest about his energy policy, claiming that Obama is...
China - Industrial Policy, Not Just Currency
America needs an economic/industrial policy like other countries have. THAT is how we will pay off our debt -- by earning money. You may have read about the back-and-forth on Chinese currency this weekend. China said they would let their exchange rate adjust, and then...
Help Ensure House & Senate Managers "Aren't in a Good Mood" About Shady Auto Deals
"What do I have to do to get you into this car?" How much can you afford to pay every month?" " "My manager's in a good mood." These are the car salesman cliches everybody knows. Now they're trying to add a couple more to the repertoire: "When you take out a car loan...
Progressive Breakfast: Who Will Get Crunched This Week?
Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to affect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. Crunch Week For Wall St. Reform...
